Sunshade operating means



arch 31. 1925.

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Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE N. HEIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SUNSHADE OPERATING MEANS.

Application filed October 27, 1923. Serial No. 671,128.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sunshade Operating Means, of which the following is a specification. v

In vehicle sunshade constructions now in use in connection with vehicles of the closed body type and wherein the sunshades have arcuate supporting members extending rearwardly from the opposite ends thereof, it is required that the operator manipulate both of these quadrants to change the adjustment of the sunshade and this necessitates the making of the change while the vehicle is stopped.

The object of my present invention is to provide a construction designed primarily for converting these quadrant type adjustments into readily adjustable structures adapted for one hand adjustment by the vehicle operator from a point in rear of the windshield; to provide a structure consisting of an attachment to a stationary part of the vehicle and a gripping member cooperating with said attachment and carried by one of the quadrants. The invention consists primarily in a controlling member carried by a stationary portion of the vehicle body and longitudinally of which moves an adjusting member capable of having releasable lock connection therewith, the releasing means being easily operated and consisting of but few parts.

lVith the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form. proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings forming a part of the present application, Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation partly in section, of one embodiment of my invention employed in connection with the quadrant-shaped sunshade arm.

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Fig. 2is a view in side elevation illustrating the releasable locking means.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a View in detail of the friction spring connection between the end of the sunshade and one of the supports.

F1g. 5 is aview similar to Fig. 1 illustrating slightly this form of connection be-- tween the sunshade and controlling member.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailed view of the clamp and associated parts illustrated in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a. sectional view on line 7-7, Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a view in end elevation of the attaching bracket.

In the drawings wherein like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts, l designates the roof of a vehicle and. 2 the windshield supporting member or vertical standard associated with the front of the vehicle body immediately in advance of the drivers compartment. Thebrackets 3 are secured in position in advance of the member 2, they being attached to any suitable sup port, that illustrated being the overhanging frontend 4 of the roof 1. Between the brackets 3 is received the upper rear edge 5 of a sunshade, the opposite ends of which are bent downwardly forming lips 6 through which pass the fulcrum pins 7. In connection with one fulcrum pin a coiled spring 3 is employed toexert frictional contact on the fulcrum point of the sunshade. The main body 9 of the sunshade projects outwardly in advance of the member 2 and in Fig. 1 there extends rearwa-rdly from the end there of a quadrant 10 operating through an open ing 11 in the member 2. The quadrant mounts in rear of the member 2 a suitable releasable retaining member constructed in the following manner. Within a groove 12 in the side wall of a body 13 is received a quadrant 10, the body being held in its adjusted position thereon by a set screw 14. The body 13 opposite the groove 12 mounts a friction roller 15 and movable to and from said friction roller in spaced relation in rear thereof is a clamp member 16 having an engaging tooth 17 in line with the member 15. The clamp member is secured to the body 13 by adjusting screws 18 passing through parallel slots 19 in the member 16. A coil spring 20 bearing against the body 13 and a flange 21 on the member 16' normally maintains the member 16 and portion 17 thereof under tension toward the roller 15. An operating handle 22 extends rearwardly from the member 16 and to enable the handle to be swung out of the way when it is desired the same is connected to the member 16v by a pivotal connection 23. Secured to the rear of the member2 at a point below the opening 11 and at one side of the quadrant is a bracket 24 to which is pivotally secured the lower end of a curved rod 25 which extends between the roller and member 17 as illustrated partly in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive of the drawings. This member serves as a controlling or retaining member for holding the sunshade 9 in its angular adjusted position,

dependent on the position of engagement of the clamping member therewith.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 5. is similar to that in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, with the exception that the quadrant 10 is eliminated and in lieu thereof an L-shaped clamp 26. embraces the end member 27 of the. frame of the sunshade 9 and connects with the face plate 28. From this face plate extends a laterally disposed arm 29, a portion of which is bent at right angles. as at 30 and is adjustably retained by a set screw 31 in an opening in the outer end of an attaching member 32 adjustably threaded on the end of a rod 33. The rod extends through the opening 11 and mounts a casting 34 provided with an opening for receiving the member 25'. The headed adjusting screw 26 carried by the member 34 is adapted to impinge and this, pivotal movement together with the longitudinal movement between the members enables the sunshade to be adjusted to any desired angle.

While the drawing illustrates and the specification sets forth the invention as employed in connection with a vehicle sunshade, it will be understood that the same is equally as well adapted for use in connection with pivotally mounted Windshields.

I claim:

In combination with a vehicle sunshade projecting angularly in advance of a vehicle windshield and pivotally mounted on a hori zontal axis to permit its forward edge to move in an arcuate path andadjusting and retaining means for the sunshade including a quadrant, a rodvertically disposed in. rear of the windshieldan-d fulorumed at its lower end to the windshield support, a releasable locking connection between the rod and quadrant including a body, means for securing the body to the quadrant to permit longitudinal movement of the body on the quadrant, an anti-friction roller on the body, a spring held latch cooperating with the roller and between which and the roller said rod is adapted to slide, and a handle extending from the latch for releasing the same.

Inv testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE N. HEIN. 

